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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2019 May 27;129:247–255. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.051

Table 3.

Odds of disinhibitory behavior for children and PCB exposures, based on logistic regression.

Lipid-adjusted PCB congener Below median yes/no Third quartile
aOR (95% CI)
Forth quartile
aOR (95% CI)


Referent group Yes/no aOR (95% CI) Yes/no aOR (95% CI)
Current smokinga
PCB 66 44/230 28/110 1.93 (1.05, 3.55) 22/120 1.27 (0.68, 2.35)
PCB 74 58/218 22/115 0.79 (0.44, 1.41) 14/127 0.53 (0.27, 1.05)
PCB 99 47/228 24/113 1.25 (0.69, 2.27) 22/119 1.23 (0.67, 2.26)
PCB 118 48/229 25/114 1.47 (0.81, 2.64) 21/117 1.11 (0.59, 2.08)
PCB 138 51/24 26/110 1.15 (0.63, 2.09) 17/126 0.74 (0.38, 1.42)
PCB 153 54/221 21/117 0.76 (0.42, 1.41) 19/122 0.87 (0.41, 2.00)
PCB 170 48/228 25/112 1.24 (0.68, 2.26) 21/120 0.94 (0.50, 1.76)
PCB 180 53/223 21/117 0.88 (0.48, 1.63) 20/120 0.90 (0.48, 1.68)
PCB 187 49/227 25/113 1.00 (0.55, 1.80) 20/120 1.01 (0.53, 1.94)
PCB 203 46/230 29/109 1.78 (0.98, 3.23) 19/121 0.86 (0.45, 1.65)
ƩPCB 53/223 22/116 0.87 (0.48, 1.58) 19/121 0.88 (0.46, 1.58)
Ever smoked one cigarette per daya,b
PCB 66 23/209 9/103 0.85 (0.36, 1.99) 11/111 0.98 (0.44, 2.20)
PCB 74 21/197 12/107 1.03 (0.47, 2.25) 10/119 0.90 (0.38, 2.09)
PCB 99 24/206 8/103 0.73 (0.30, 1.76) 11/114 1.16 (0.52, 2.60)
PCB 118 22/205 11/105 1.11 (0.49, 2.48) 10/113 1.17 (0.50, 2.74)
PCB 138 20/203 12/101 1.37 (0.60, 3.12) 11/119 1.45 (0.61, 3.45)
PCB 153 18/204 15/103 2.07 (0.95, 4.50) 10/116 1.30 (0.53, 3.17)
PCB 170 21/207 14/101 1.64 (0.74, 3.64) 8/115 0.83 (0.34, 2.09)
PCB 180 21/201 14/107 1.30 (0.59, 2.84) 8/115 0.76 (0.31, 1.90)
PCB 187 22/205 10/102 1.01 (0.44, 2.34) 11/116 1.27 (0.53, 3.01)
PCB 203 20/209 9/102 1.13 (0.46, 2.77) 14/112 1.48 (0.67, 3.32)
ƩPCB 22/200 11/107 1.10 (0.49, 2.47) 10/116 1.12 (0.47, 2.69)
Drank > 2 alcoholic beverage per weeka
PCB 66 97/177 52/86 1.46 (0.86, 2.47) 53/89 1.39 (0.83, 2.35)
PCB 74 102/174 55/82 1.07 (0.65, 1.77) 44/96 0.98 (0.58, 1.67)
PCB 99 101/174 52/85 1.05 (0.63, 1.75) 49/93 0.98 (0.59, 1.64)
PCB 118 99/178 53/86 1.07 (0.64, 1.79) 50/88 1.15 (0.68, 1.96)
PCB 138 100/175 59/79 1.17 (0.69, 1.97) 43/98 0.93 (0.54, 1.58)
PCB 153 101/178 59/79 1.42 (0.85, 2.39) 42/95 0.91 (0.53, 1.56)
PCB 170 107/169 54/83 1.13 (0.67, 1.90) 41/100 0.66 (0.39, 1.11)
PCB 180 101/175 57/81 1.05 (0.63, 1.77) 44/96 0.77 (0.45, 1.31)
PCB 187 109/167 52/86 0.91 (0.55, 1.51) 41/99 0.72 (0.41, 1.25)
PCB 203 108/168 48/90 0.75 (0.45, 1.38) 46/94 0.73 (0.40, 1.35)
ƩPCB 105/171 55/83 1.07 (0.65, 1.78) 42/98 0.73 (0.43, 1.25)
a

Model adjusted for gender, mother’s race, mother’s age at time of birth, highest parental education, mother’s alcohol consumption during pregnancy, father’s preconception alcohol consumption, and who subjects drank with.

b

Ever smoking 1 cigarette per day is missing for 88 subjects.

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